Timeline of McLean, Virginia
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The following is a timeline of the history of the unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) of McLean, Virginia, USA.[1]
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- c. 1400 - Land inhabited by indigenous peoples, likely the Doeg people.[2][3]
- 1608 - Expedition of region by Captain John Smith.[4]
- c. 1750s - Area surveyed by George Washington[5][6]
- c. 1790 - Construction of the Salona plantation by Richard Bland Lee[7]
- 1814 - U.S. President James Madison and Dolley Madison seek refuge at Salona during the Burning of Washington in August 1814.[8]
- 1826 - Duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph fought in McLean.[9]
- 1861 - Union Army establishes Camp Griffin in the area during the Civil War.[8]
- 1862 - Union Army establishes Fort Marcy in the area during the Civil War.[10]
- c. 1870 - Construction of the Hickory Hill estate by George Walter.[11]
- 1877 - St. John’s Episcopal Church built in McLean.[12]
20th century
- 1902 - John Roll McLean, Stephen Benton Elkins and Jean-Pierre Guenard purchase a charter for the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad.[13]
- 1906 - McLean railroad completed, connecting the area with Washington, D.C.[14]
- 1910 - Community of McLean established, when the communities of Lewinsville and Langley merge.[13]
- 1911 - McLean Post Office opens.[15]
- 1914 - The Franklin Sherman School, Fairfax County's first consolidated public school, opens in McLean with 29 students.
- 1916 - Meetings held to establish the McLean Volunteer Fire Department.[12]
- 1919 - Merrywood estate built in McLean.[16]
- 1921 - Sharon Masonic Temple built in McLean.[12]
- 1923 - McLean Baptist Church opens in McLean.[12]
- 1931 - Madeira School moves to McLean.[17]
- 1933 - Farm Credit Administration established[18] - headquartered in McLean.
- 1948 - Potomac School moves to McLean.[19]
- 1950 - U.S. Department of Transportation Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center opens in McLean.[20]
- 1952 - Marden House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in McLean.[21]
- 1955 - Opening of McLean High School[22]
- 1955 - Hickory Hill estate purchased by John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline.[11]
- 1957 - Dolley Madison Library opens in McLean.[23]
- 1958 - The Washington Japanese Language School, a supplementary weekend Japanese school, is established in McLean - the oldest Japanese government-sponsored supplementary school in the U.S.[24][25][26]
- 1961 - The George Bush Center for Intelligence headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency opens in McLean (formally unnamed, renamed in 1999)[27]
- 1965 - Opening of Langley High School[28]
- 1968 - Opening of Tysons Corner Center, one of the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping malls in the Washington metropolitan area.[29]
- 1970 - Population: 17,698[30]
- 1970 - Opening of Scott's Run Nature Preserve.[31][32]
- 1973 - Opening of Claude Moore Colonial Farm.[33]
- 1984 - Mars, Incorporated establishes its headquarters in McLean.[34]
- 1980 - Population: 35,664[30]
- 1988 - Opening of Tysons Galleria[35][36]